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G. S. CHASE. INSECT DBSTROYBR.

No. 542,464. Patented July 9, 1895.

MTNESEIEEI 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, I

GEORGE S. CHASE, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS/ INSECT-DESTROYER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,464, dated July 9,1895,

Application filed September 19,1894. Serial No. 523,488. (No modeh) ToaZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. CHASE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inInsect-Destroyers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference beingthad to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention is an improvement upon that described in my Patent No.407,574, dated July 23, 1889; and it relates'especially to the means ofjoining. the metal binding strip where its ends abut to a handle ofpeculiar shape or construction which serves not only to hold the gauzeof which the killer is composed and the binding-strip, but also to unitethe ends of the binding-strip and strengthen the construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan of my invention, and Fig. 2is a view, enlarged, in section upon the dotted line of Fig. l.

A represents the wire-gauze, which, preferably, is cut to a circularshape and is very fine and light.

a is the binding-strip, which is bent about the outer edge of thegauzeupon each side thereof and whose ends a abut or lap each other, as thecase may be.

B is the handle, made of any suitable material and in one or morepieces. Its end I) is widened and it has in said end a deep recess 2),into which the abutting ends of the binding-strip are inserted, as Wellas a portion of the gauze. This recess 1) may be made by sawing a deepgroove across the end 17, or by making'the handle of two thin parts, onesection of which laps upon one side and the other upon the other side ofthe binding-strip and gauze, the two parts being fastened together.

I prefer that the handle be made of wood and that it be made thin andflat, although this is not necessary. The handle is united to the rim orbinding-strip and gauze by means of fastenings which extend through theend of the handle within the rim or binding-strip and through the meshesof the gauze.

It will be seen that the widened section of the handle not only acts tohold the gauze and its binding-strip firmly, but it also serves to tiethe abutting ends of the binding-strip or rim together, thereby securingthem so that they cannot escape from the wire and making a strongconstruction.

My invention I consider would be followed if instead of the recess thegauze and abntting ends of the rim were fastened to one side of theenlarged end or into a rabbet formed therein, or if the enlarged end ofthe handle were formed of a flexible material, like leather, united tothe wooden or fiat portion of the handle by fastenings, or in any otherdesired way, and to the gauze and rim above specified. This constructionprovides a stronger and a little more flexible connection between thegauze and the handle than where the connection is of wood integral withthe handle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- As an improvedarticle ofmanufacture an insect killer having a handle B with an enlarged end 19in which a recess 1) is formed, a netof wire gauze A with a metalbinding strip a, the ends a of which meet within the recess 19' and arethere fastened to the handle B.

- GEO. S. CHASE. In presence 0f r J. M. DOLAN,

JOHN MCGRATH.

